Forced migration and child health and mortality in Angola

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Avogo, Winfred Aweyire ^a   Agadjanian, Victor ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angola; Child health; Childhood mortality; Forced migration; Sub Saharan Africa; War

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; FORCED MIGRATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; POST-WAR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; WAR;

ADULT; ANGOLA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; LUANDA [ANGOLA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70649088955     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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